Please be sure to visit the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Advising Center website for further and more complete information on academic advising.
Working with your Advisor:
The relationship between you and your advisor is one of shared responsibility. Though you are ultimately responsible for the choices you make in college, we realize that in order to make informed decisions, you need the mentoring and advice of academic advisors and others in the University community. Your primary advisor is your primary resource regarding academic issues, opportunities, and programs. If you keep him/her informed about your interests, progress, concerns, and decisions, your advisor can assist you in researching academic programs and opportunities and in making your own decisions.
Advisor's Responsibilities:
1. To clarify university policies, regulations, programs, and procedures about which you may have questions.
2. To be available to meet with you each semester &endash; if you respond promptly to your advisor's invitations to schedule conferences.
3. To help you explore your interests, abilities, and goals and to relate them to academic majors.
4. To offer advice on selecting courses and to assist you in developing an academic plan that satisfies degree requirements.
5. To be knowledgeable about career opportunities and to refer you to Career Services as needed.
6. To be a responsive listener and to refer you to appropriate support services within the university when needed.
7. To discuss with you your academic performance and the implications of your performance for the undergraduate programs, graduate programs and professional programs you desire to pursue.
8. To offer you the opportunity to participate in a mentoring relationship which will help you to become more independent and self-directed.
Students' Responsibilities:
Advisors can help you understand fully all of your options and avoid needless mistakes, but only if you take the initiative to seek their advice. Your responsibilities in the advising relationship are:
1. To seek sources of information which will assist you in making academic/career decisions.
2. To keep your advisor informed about changes in your academic progress, course selection, and academic/career goals.
3. To be familiar with the requirements of the major(s) which you are pursuing, and to schedule courses each semester in accordance with those requirements.
4. To be aware of the prerequisites for each course that you include in your semester schedule and to discuss with your advisor how prerequisites will affect the sequencing of courses.
5. To follow university procedures for registering for courses and for making adjustments to your class schedule.
6. To observe academic deadlines.
7. To carefully review each course syllabus, noting rules, regulations, and policies for each class.
8. To participate fully in the courses for which you are registered by completing assignments on time and attending class.
9. To understand the information provided to you by the university, including your grade reports and degree audits; and to know what to do in case you have a missing grade or one that you think may be incorrect.
10. To understand academic performance standards, academic probation, academic dismissal, and to know GPA requirements.
11. To change your address on the PLUS system whenever your address changes and to read your university mail, including e-mail.
12. To inform your advisor or the Dean's Office immediately whenever a serious problem (medical, financial, personal) disrupts your ability to attend classes or interferes with your ability to focus on your education and to perform your best work.
13. To organize official university documents (Undergraduate Catalog, Schedule of Courses, Degree Audits, etc.) in a way that enables you to access them when needed. If you misplace a copy, they are available through the University of Colorado homepage.
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